Madagascar Reef and Rainforest
'Madagascar Reef and Rainforest' is a sample itinerary for a private tour of Madagascar. Explore the montane rainforest reserves of Andasibe(Perinet)-Mantadia National Park with your professional English speaking guide and marvel at the corals, marine life and legacy of Ile Ste Marie's pirate past from the very comfortable and stylish base of Princesse Bora Lodge.
Day 1
Depart from Paris CDG on the Air Madagascar overnight flight to Antananarivo.
Day 2
On arrival in the very early morning, your guide and your driver will meet you and take you to a small hotel nearby where you can freshen up and have breakfast. Travel along a decent tarred road, through a landscape dotted with Merina villages, to Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. After lunch, you can relax or begin your exploration of this fascinating rainforest. Evening walk in the rainforest for nocturnal species. Stay 3 nights at Vakona Forest Lodge, dinner and breakfast included.
Day 3
Day to watch the Indri and look for the other denizens of Perinet. Birders may wish to visit one of the nearby wetland areas.
Day 4
Explore the primary rainforest of Mantadia National Park to seek Diademed sifaka, Black-and-white ruffed lemurs, the insectivorous tenrecs and the rainforest-dependent ground rollers. You may wish to take a picnic lunch and eat it beside a waterfall.
Day 5
You have most of the day for the rainforest before you are driven to the capital. Overnight at La Varangue, dinner and breakfast included.
Day 6
You will be driven to the airport for the flight to Ile Ste Marie for a 5-night stay in a double comfort bungalow at Princesse Bora Lodge, dinner and breakfast included.
Enjoy the beach, discover the offshore islands, see the legacy of pirate and French settlement, explore the forests and the mangrove system, dive the reefs and the wrecks, snorkel, surf, watch village life and the whales, in season.
Day 11
You will be transferred to the airport for the flight to Antananarivo where you will be met and taken on a city tour and to visit the artisans market before you check in for the Air Madagascar overnight flight to Paris.
Day 12
Arrive Paris CDG at 07h40.
2007 Prices:
From £1435 (to 30 March) /£1575 (14 May – 5 July) / £1625 (31 March – 13 May)
Prices are per person sharing and include Air Madagascar international flights from Paris CDG and prepaid departure taxes; Air Madagascar domestic flights; accommodation and meals specified; reserve entry permits as specified; the exclusive services of a qualified driver and a professional English-speaking guide in the reserve; transfers and transportation; and the services of our local representatives throughout your stay.
Reef & Rainforest Deluxe
Combine three nights at Vakona Forest Lodge with an overnight stay at the landmark Hotel Colbert Carayon on a bed-and- breakfast basis with a 5-night stay at Constance Lodge Tsarabanjina.
From £1900 per person sharing (June 2007)
BROWN LEMUR & BABY, LEMUR ISLAND ANDASIBE-MANTADIA and DIADEMED SIFAKA, ANDASIBE-MANTADIA by courtesy of BOB HEWSON; LUXURY BUNGALOW, PRINCESSE BORA LODGE by courtesy of PRINCESSE BORA LODGE
Updated 19 January 2007
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